Lot 64
  • 64

Dewar, Douglas

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Game Birds. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1928
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 42 of 50 copies, signed by the author and artist, 4to (290 x 225mm.), 19 wood-engraved plates by Eric Fitch Daglish on Japanese vellum, mounted, 4 wood-engraved illustrations in text, with an additional plate loosely inserted ("Awaiting the Flight", signed by Daglish), original morocco-backed cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut

Literature

Nissen IVB 244

Condition

a good copy
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